Where is the cast of “Lost ”now? See the stars of ABC's groundbreaking drama more than 20 years later

Andrew Walsh, Ilana GordonSat, May 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC

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(From left to right): Matthew Fox as Dr. Jack Shephard, Terry O'Quinn as John Locke, Jorge Garcia as Hugo ‘Hurley’ Reyes, Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen, Maggie Grace as Shannon Rutherford, Harold Perrineau as Michael Dawson, Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton, Michelle Rodriguez as Ana Lucia Cortez, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie Pace, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin-Soo Kwon, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko, Josh Holloway as James ‘Sawyer’ Ford, Yunjin Kim as Sun-Hwa Kwon, and Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah on 'Lost'
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The finale of Lost polarized viewers when it aired on May 23, 2010, but one person who appreciated the way the series closed out was actor Daniel Dae Kim. In a 2026 interview with PEOPLE, he said, "I cared most about the characters, and the fact that the characters were all together at the end of the series was the thing that mattered most to me."

ABC’s ambitious drama about a plane crash on a tropical island, and the 71 people (and one dog!) who made it out alive, premiered on Sept. 22, 2004. Soon after, things took a turn for the weird. For six seasons, the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 dealt with natural threats, interpersonal conflicts, and supernatural forces.

Lost made headlines for its large cast: The show featured 14 main characters in its first season — though not everybody made it off the island. Keep reading to learn what the ensemble from this pioneering drama has been up to in the last two-plus decades.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Lost.

Matthew Fox (Dr. Jack Shephard)

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Matthew Fox played the de facto leader, Dr. Jack Shephard. Jack was originally intended to die in the pilot — back when Michael Keaton was envisioned for the role. Instead, the character was a mainstay anchor for the Lost ensemble until the bitter end, where he saved the island in the finale.

''Redemption is always a big theme for me, so I had waited a long, long time for that moment for Jack,'' Fox told EW in 2011 about the completion of Jack’s arc. ''He had made so many mistakes and fallen apart and become this shell of a man and was really lost. And to finally get to play that end…felt good.''

Prior to Lost, Fox was best known as the eldest Salinger sibling on Party of Five. During his time on the island, he costarred in Smokin’ Aces (2006), We Are Marshall (2006), and the Wachowskis’ Speed Racer movie (2008).

After the series ended,Fox stepped away from television. In 2011, he appeared on stage in London’s West End for In a Forest, Dark and Deep. He went on to costar in the military drama Emperor (2012), was unrecognizable as the villain in Alex Cross (2012), and appeared in the Western-horror hybrid Bone Tomahawk (2015). Fox resurfaced in Peacock’s limited series Last Light in 2022. In 2026, he began starring opposite Michelle Pfeiffer on the Yellowstone spinoff, The Madison.

Fox has been married to Margherita Ronchi since 1992. They have two children.

Evangeline Lilly (Kate Austen)

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Evangeline Lilly was a complete unknown when she became an overnight star as outlaw Kate Austen, a role that earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

She told PEOPLE in 2021, "I cringe watching every single episode of the first two seasons… Because it was my first acting gig ever, and I really didn't know what I was doing, and I was so bad in so many moments."

The actress later landed a role in Best Picture-winner The Hurt Locker(2008) before graduating to the Hugh Jackman-led Real Steel (2011) and the latter two films in Peter Jackson’s Hobbittrilogy as the elven archer Tauriel, one of the few characters created specifically for the films. For the MCU, Lilly doused herself in Pym particles to play Hope van Dyne, a.k.a the Wasp, in Ant-Man(2015),reprising the part in two sequels, Avengers: Endgame (2019), and an episode of What If...?. Elsewhere, she starred in the comedy Little Evil (2017) and the indie drama South of Heaven (2021).

In 2024, she announced on Instagram that she was retiring from acting: “Stepping away from what seems like the obvious choice (wealth and fame) can feel scary at times, but stepping into your dharma replaces the fear with fulfillment. I might return to Hollywood one day, but, for now, this is where I belong.” In January 2026, she shared on social media that she suffered brain damage after a fall, and her brain was functioning at decreased capacity.

Lilly married hockey player Murray Hone in 2003 and got divorced in 2004. She notably dated her Lost costar Dominic Monaghan from 2004 to 2007 before linking up with her current partner, Norman Kali, in 2010. They have two children together.

Josh Holloway (James “Sawyer” Ford)

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Josh Holloway won a 2009 Saturn Award for his turn as con man Sawyer.

''God, it was just magical,” he reminisced to EW in 2011 about the show's production locale. “That's where I got my first home, got married, had my first child. The things that happened there in Hawaii were phenomenal.”

The former model first grabbed MTV viewers’ attention as the backpack-snatching thief who gets his butt kicked by Alicia Silverstone in the 1993 Aerosmith video for “Cryin’.” He made his TV debut six years later in the Angel pilot and continued to guest star across TV until making his mark in Lost.

After the show, Holloway traded Sawyer’s criminal past for roles on the other side of the law. He played spy games in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol(2011) and on CBS’ Intelligence, then played an FBI agent in Paranoia (2013) and a DEA agent in Sabotage (2014). He reunited with former Lost showrunner Carlton Cuse for the sci-fi drama Colony. The actor had a recurring role as rancher Roarke Morris on Yellowstone and portrayed a getaway driver in the 1970s-set HBO Max crime-drama Duster. He is slated to appear in the upcoming movie musical, Reimagined.

Holloway married Yessica Kumala in 2004. They have two children.

Terry O’Quinn (John Locke)

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Terry O’Quinn won an Emmy for his performance as the stoic man of destiny, John Locke.

When Lost premiered, O’Quinn was a familiar face thanks to 24 years of onscreen work, including The Stepfather (1987), The Rocketeer (1991), The Cutting Edge (1992), Tombstone (1993), Primal Fear (1996), and Old School (2003). No stranger to television audiences, he also played lengthy guest roles on JAG, The West Wing, and J.J. Abrams’ spy thriller Alias, plus a semi-regular spot on Chris Carter’s Millennium.

"I understand what Lost was and I count my blessings,” O’Quinn told EW in 2014, “I’m usually happy to talk to people. I don’t think I’ve ever had anybody say anything negative to me about it, except ‘I didn’t get the ending. What the hell was that all about?’ And I’m like, talk to Damon Lindelof!”

After Lost, he headlined 666 Park Avenue and remains a mainstay on the small screen, having appeared in everything from Castle Rock to Hawaii Five-0. He costarred in Steven Conrad’s Patriot, then reunited with the writer-director for Perpetual Grace, LTD and the stop-motion puppet noir Ultra City Smiths. The veteran character actor also played the villainous Maj. General Beale on The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live and Peter Bach on Resident Alien.

O’Quinn was married to Lori O’Quinn from 1979 to 2010. They have two sons, Oliver and Hunter.

Jorge Garcia (Hugo “Hurley” Reyes)

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Jorge Garcia played the show's heart: the kind, funny, and resourceful Hurley.

Prior to Lost, Garcia’s most high-profile roles were a recurring arc on Becker and a guest spot on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

''That first summer that we were shooting the show, we knew we were doing something different,” he told EW in 2011. “We had an episode that was half in Korean with subtitles, and we [said], ‘People aren’t doing this on TV right now.’”

After Lost ended, Garcia appeared on the cover of Weezer’s 2010 album Hurley, then went to another dangerous island on Alcatraz alongside Sam Neill. The actor played Steve Wozniak in iSteve (2013) and appeared on Once Upon a Timebefore joining Lost costar Daniel Dae Kim on Hawaii Five-0’s fourth season. He remained on the procedural until season 10, andlater reunited with Henry Ian Cusick for an episode of MacGyver.

Garcia costarred in Rob Zombie’s The Munsters (2022) and booked another main role in the comedy series Bookie. He appeared in the dramedy Good Grief (2024) and the crime movie American Muscle (2026).

In 2019, he married actress Rebecca Birdsall. They have one child.

Yunjin Kim (Sun-Hwa Kwon)

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Yunjin Kim starred as the caring, brave Sun-Hwa Kwon.

"I was worried about representing the Asian community because it was a sensitive topic," she told EW in 2022. "Back in 2004, believe it or not, I was told [she and Daniel Dae Kim] were the first two Asian series regulars on an American show."

Born in South Korea and later raised in New York, Kim had her first breakthrough in the hit Korean action film Shiri (1999). She went on to star in 2002's Yesterday and Ardor before introducing herself to American audiences on Lost.

Kim later starred in the ABC soap Mistresses, then returned to South Korea for Ms. Ma, Nemesis, based on Agatha Christie’s work. She has since joined Money Heist: Korea and played a recurring character in season 1 of XO, Kitty. In 2024, she appeared on the Grey's Anatomy spinoff series Station 19 for a pair of episodes, and in 2025, she voiced Celine in Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters.

She has been married to Park Jeong-hyeok since 2010.

Daniel Dae Kim (Jin-Soo Kwon)

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Daniel Dae Kim played the hot-tempered Jin-Soo Kwon, husband to Yunjin Kim’s character, Sun-Hwa Kwon.

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"I'd never seen a relationship like that on television before: two nonwhite characters, speaking predominantly in a language that was not English, on prime-time TV, and having that be something the average American could get behind and ship," he told EW in 2022.

Like his onscreen wife, Kim was born in South Korea and raised in the United States. He made his screen debut in American Shaolin (1991) and guest-starred on Angel, ER, and 24. He also landed minor parts in movies like The Jackal (1997), Hulk (2003), the Best Picture-winner Crash (2004), and Spider-Man 2 (2004).

Post-Lost, Kim led the Hawaii Five-0 reboot but left after season 7 following a salary dispute. He has continued to work on the big screen, appearing in Hellboy (2019), Always Be My Maybe(2019), and Joy Ride (2023).

After lending his voice to The Legend of Korra, he starred as Fire Lord Ozai in the live-action version of Korra’s precursor, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Kim was also an executive producer on the medical drama The Good Doctor, based on a South Korean series. In 2024, Kim returned to Broadway — having previously earned rave reviews for The King and I in 2016— to play the lead role in Yellow Face. In 2025, he voiced Healer Han in KPop Demon Hunters and starred on the action series Butterfly.

He has been married to Mia Rhee since 1993. They have two children.

Naveen Andrews (Sayid Jarrah)

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Naveen Andrews earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for his turn as the resourceful, romantically tormented Sayid.

The London-born actor had been working steadily before Lost. He had an early lead role in Mira Nair’s Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996) before romancing Juliette Binoche in the Best Picture-winner The English Patient(1996). He appeared with Bill Paxton and Charlize Theron in Mighty Joe Young (1998) and took on the Mr. Bingley equivalent in Bride & Prejudice (2004). While shooting Lost, he appeared in Planet Terror (2007) and Neil Jordan’s The Brave One (2007).

Andrews has continued to work on TV, including Sinbad, as Jafar on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, and on the Wachowskis’ metaphysical epic Sense8. He returned to ABC for Instinct, earned acclaim as Sunny Balwani in The Dropout, and appeared on The Cleaning Lady. He starred on the Amazon Prime series The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh and voiced the lead character on the 2025 podcast Star Trek: Khan.

Andrews and Geraldine Feakins were in a relationship from 1985 to 1991 and have a son. He was with actress Barbara Hershey off and on from 1998 to 2010, and in 2005, he and actress Elena Eustache had a child.

Harold Perrineau (Michael Dawson)

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Harold Perrineau played single father Michael Dawson.

He landed on critics’ radars in the drama Smoke (1995), earning an Independent Spirit award nomination, and experienced small-screen stardom on HBO’s prison drama Oz. He was the ill-fated Mercutio in Romeo + Juliet (1996) and part of the main ensemble of The Best Man (1999), a generational touchstone that has since spawned a sequel and a miniseries. Before booking his passage on Oceanic Flight 815, he was in Zion for The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003).

"I will endlessly be proud of being part of [Lost]," he told EW in 2022. "I know people did not like Michael, and to this day, I'm confused, like Michael didn't kill his dad. He didn't set fire to his mom's house. He wasn't a con man. He was a dude who had a son that got taken away from him."

Perrineau remains in high demand. He appeared in 28 Weeks Later (2007), Zero Dark Thirty(2012), Snitch (2013), Sabotage (2014), and the Jennifer Aniston charmer Dumplin’ (2018). The bulk of his work has been on television. He guest-starred on Sons of Anarchy, Constantine, and The Rookie. He also enjoyed a main cast role on Claws, for which he received an NAACP Image award. He currently stars in the Epix/MGM+ horror series From.

Perrineau married Brittany Robinson in 2002. They share three daughters, including actress Aurora Perrineau.

Michael Emerson (Ben Linus)

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Michael Emerson won an Emmy for his role as Ben Linus, the slippery, devious leader of the Others.

The veteran stage actor had netted his first Emmy win in 2001 for a guest stint as a serial killer on The Practice and was equally creepy in Saw (2004).

After Lost, he reunited with show co-creator J.J. Abrams for the thriller series Person of Interest and had a guest arc on Arrow. He also voiced the Joker in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012) and Brainiac on My Adventures With Superman. The actor starred in the miniseries The Name of the Rose before pivoting to the delightfully twisted Evil. He has popped up as Siggi Wilzig in multiple episodes of Fallout.

Emerson has been married to actress Carrie Preston, who played Ben's mother in a season 3 flashback, since 1998. The couple worked together again when Emerson appeared as a judge in five episodes of Preston's CBS show, Elsbeth.

Emilie de Ravin (Claire Littleton)

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Emilie de Ravin played Claire, whose pregnancy is at the forefront of the show’s first season.

The Australian actress was no stranger to fantasy prior to Lost, thanks to appearances on BeastMaster and Roswell. She made her film debut in Rian Johnson’s high-school noir Brick (2005), as the teenage girl whose murder sets the plot in motion. De Ravin also appeared in the remake of The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Michael Mann’s Public Enemies (2009), and the infamous Remember Me (2010) with Robert Pattinson.

She has spent most of her time on the small screen, notably playing Belle on Once Upon a Time. She appeared in the detective miniseries True Colours in Australia in 2022 and starred in the 2025 Hallmark movie The Reluctant Royal.

De Ravin was married to actor Josh Janowicz from 2003 until 2014. She has been engaged to writer-director Eric Bilitch since 2016. They have three children.

Dominic Monaghan (Charlie Pace)

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Dominic Monaghan played former rock star Charlie, who suffered the show’s most iconic death.

"People will come over to me on the street and they've written, 'Not Penny's Boat' on their hand or people will tell me that it was their favorite character,” Monaghan told PEOPLE in 2022. “I was happy to be involved in a show that, for a while there, was the biggest TV show in the world."

He got his start on the BBC’s Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, then made his big screen debut in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003) as the mischievous, courageous hobbit, Merry Brandybuck.

After Lost, he played electric-powered mutant Bolt in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and later produced and starred in the nature documentary series Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan. The British actor re-teamed with J.J. Abrams for Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker(2019) and returned to space for the series Moonhaven. In 2024, he reunited with fellow hobbit Billy Boyd for a stage production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in Nova Scotia. Since 2022, he has voiced Moriarty in a handful of mystery drama podcasts.

Monaghan was in a relationship with Lost castmate Evangeline Lilly from 2004 to 2007.

Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond Hume)

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Henry Ian Cusick earned an Emmy for his role as the castaway Desmond.

He built an extensive theater résumé and starred as Jesus in The Gospel of John (2003) before landing his breakout role on Lost.

“I always thought we could have done another season,” Cusick told EW in 2011. “There were still some other things we could've gotten out of it. I was one of the few that didn't want it to end. I miss being with those people on the beach or on the set.”

After Lost, he guest-starred on Fringe and landed a recurring arc on Scandal as Olivia’s (Kerry Washington) former right-hand man. He was on Marvel’s Inhumans, then moved on to play Marcus Kane on The CW’s The 100 for six seasons. Cusick has also appeared on Big Sky and NCIS: Hawai’i. He lent his voice to the animated series The Wingfeather Saga and appeared in the British mockumentary series Twenty Twenty Six.

He and his wife, Annie, have three children.

Michelle Rodriguez (Ana Lucia Cortez)

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Michelle Rodriguez played "Tailie" leader Ana Lucia. She was a season 2 regular until her character's shocking death.

Rodriguez earned acclaim for her screen debut in the boxing drama Girlfight (2000) and quickly established herself in action and crime movies. In addition to Resident Evil (2002), Blue Crush (2002), and S.W.A.T. (2003), she found a signature character in Letty in The Fast and the Furious(2001). The actress reprised the role in seven sequels (and counting), even coming back from the dead after her apparent demise in Fast & Furious (2009).

Rodriguez played a military heroine in James Cameron's Avatar(2009), teamed up with Danny Trejo for Machete (2010), and took on lead roles in Steve McQueen’s acclaimed Widows (2018) and the hit fantasy Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023). She’s slated to play Letty again in Fast Forever, expected for release in 2028.

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